- The Insanity of Making Sick People Work: Coronavirus is putting extra burdens on workers, from health professionals to low-paid cleaning staff at the front lines of combating infection. Yet many don’t even have the right to sick pay-meaning they’ll work even if it risks spreading the virus https://jacobinmag.com/2020/03/coronavirus-workers-rights-health-care-cleaners-gig-economy 7 comments politics